Antigua and Barbuda is a constitutional monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth, the state is made up of three islands that are, between Guadeloupe, Montserrat and Saint Kitts, in the group of Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago: Antigua (280 sq km), Barbuda (160.5 sq km) and the uninhabited Redonda (1.5 sq km). The island of Antigua, has a large number of bays and beaches, is an island of volcanic origin, but mostly flat with small hills in its south-western region, up to 402 metres with Mount Boggy Peak, also Barbuda island is a flat island (62 m) but made of coral limestone.

The state capital is Saint John's, a port located in a cove along the north-west coast of Antigua. The economy of the islands is based mainly on tourism, agriculture (cotton, bananas, vegetables and sugar cane), fishing (lobsters) and financial assets.